Contra Kavanagh On Fideism
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Contra Kavanagh On Fideism
All I’m saying is that I think that balance has shifted, at least slightly. I think it’s shifted in a way that may require you to trust the consensus a bit less and question the conventional wisdom a bit more.
Nate Silver • The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't
From my POV some people innately have more conviction than others, sure, but most people don’t even try to build any of their own because they’re so used to blindly adopting the opinions of others
Molly Mielke • conviction
Given such understanding, I can assess what is truly at stake in political debates: where I should be open to changing my mind because an issue doesn’t involve my convictions; where a conviction is not a matter of personal integrity and so can be relinquished in the face of peer disagreement or compromised to achieve a goal that matters more to me;
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Do an inventory of where you stand on issues like immigration, criminal justice, abortion, and sexual ethics, and then be honest about how you came to those conclusions. Did you reach your opinions through the love and truth of the Bible or have you been indoctrinated by a group identity that’s outside of Christ? Have you relied on the worst argume
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